Bug#657682: gcc-4.6: assembler error on armhf Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section} - `.LPIC10' {*UND* section}

[Peter Green <plugwash@p10link.net>]

Package: gcc-4.6
Version: 4.6.2-12
Severity: important

Gmime failed to build on armhf with the following error

libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I.. -I../util -DGMIME_VERSION=\"2.4.31\" -DGMIME_MAJOR_VERSION=2 -DGMIME_MINOR_VERSION=4 -DGMIME_MICRO_VERSION=31 -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"gmime\" -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/glib-2.0/include -g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c gmime-param.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/gmime-param.o
/tmp/cc1SBNmj.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cc1SBNmj.s:2152: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section} - `.LPIC18' {*UND* section}
make[5]: *** [gmime-param.lo] Error 1

I have reduced this to the attatched testcase, to build the testcase use the
following command.

gcc -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/glib-2.0/include -O2 -c test.c  -fPIC

I attempted to reduce it further but any further significant code removals
I did made the error go away.

removing -fPIC makes the error go away as does reducing the optimisation level
to -O1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39.2-x2 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 depends on:
ii  binutils      2.22-4
ii  cpp-4.6       4.6.2-12
ii  gcc-4.6-base  4.6.2-12
ii  libc6         2.13-24
ii  libgcc1       1:4.6.2-12
ii  libgmp10      2:5.0.2+dfsg-2+b1
ii  libgomp1      4.6.2-12
ii  libmpc2       0.9-4+b1
ii  libmpfr4      3.1.0-3+b1
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3+b1

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev  2.13-24

Versions of packages gcc-4.6 suggests:
pn  binutils-gold        <none>
pn  gcc-4.6-doc          <none>
pn  gcc-4.6-locales      <none>
pn  libgcc1-dbg          <none>
pn  libgomp1-dbg         <none>
pn  libmudflap0-4.6-dev  <none>
pn  libmudflap0-dbg      <none>
pn  libquadmath-dbg      <none>

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